What happened?

Rating: 5/10 (25 July 2005)

This movie started strong and good. The script was full of suspense and great moments of human nature. Then I'm not sure what happened. It's like a Hollywood exec walked in and said "where's the explosions?" "where's the unbelievable chase where the two leads come out unscratched?"
Perhaps it's only half a movie. I would love to read the original. I would love to see what the writer intended, because the writer that wrote the first half of this flick did not write the second half.
Michael Bay is always filling scripts with action and deleting the story elements that make you think. During the car chase I was thinking, "god do I have to laundry, when will I actually get to do it." A good flick will not let your mind drift. It will present questions for the viewer and stick with you through the next day. After the this flick we reviewed it at subway, getting dinner and soon dismissed it. The potential this film had was great, and lost it in the Hollywood suffle. Ewan and Johansan are wonderful and so is the rest of the cast. But when you're told to withhold suspension of disbelief, there's only so many close calls you can forgive.